This is the first stage of a three-stage, NIH-funded study to develop and test initially a multi-modal intervention concerning blood/breath alcohol concentration for young adults. The multimodal intervention will be made up of brief telehealth counseling and psychoeducation and use of three mobile technologies to facilitate moderate drinking. In the first stage of the study, we will conduct formative research to obtain input from the study population, test initially the telehealth version of the brief counseling and psychoeducation and to develop a simple, "low tech" approach to coaching participants to use the three mobile technologies in typical drinking situations. Participation will last approximately one month.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
115
Participants will be asked to use the three mobile technologies as they choose while drinking for a two-week period.
Brief 25/30-minute motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration that includes both personalized and standardized information.
Study staff will review instructions for technology use closely with participants and guide them in use of existing phone technologies as reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
Participants will use an app developed during the study that will provide protective behavioral strategies and reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
Brief 25/30-minute psychoeducation on a topic not related to alcohol use that will be developed in the course of the study.
App or other form of technology that will be developed in the course of the study to deliver information not related to alcohol use
EDGE Lab
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Technology utilization
Percentage of reported drinking days on which one reports that moderate drinking technology use has occurred
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
Acceptability
Score on acceptability subscale of Modified System Usability Scale
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
Usability
Score on acceptability subscale of Modified System Usability Scale
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
Drinks per drinking day
Number of drinks per day during field testing period
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
Estimated blood alcohol content
Average estimated blood alcohol content reached on drinking days
Time frame: Across the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
Negative consquences
Score on the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire
Time frame: At the end of the field testing period, 2-4 weeks
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